For Minka Kelly, the evening’s celebration began well before she stepped onto the red carpet at her first-ever Met Gala. “It was so fun,” said hairstylist Jen Atkin of the pre-gala prep. “We ordered room service and were just hanging out, chatting about how exciting it is to be involved with this. It’s like the Super Bowl of the fashion world.” But with only a few hours to prepare, Atkin and makeup artist Kristofer Buckle got to work transforming the actress in her Trump SoHo hotel room. We got all the details on Kelly’s look.

“She’s normally the gold and tan girl,” said Buckle, “so I encouraged her to go a little paler.” He primed Kelly’s face with Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation, just a few shades lighter than her natural tone, and highlighted the bridge of her nose and cheekbones with an iridescent eye shadow. Then, using a soft brush and M.A.C. Eyeshadow in Coquette, a dark taupe, Buckle contoured Kelly’s face, “just to keep it more architectural, very matte and just bones,” he said.

Buckle applied the same M.A.C. shadow to the crease of Kelly's eyes, bringing the color toward the bridge of her nose and winging it straight out from the outer corners. He also dusted the iridescent nude eye shadow on the lids, traced the upper lash line with a black waterproof gel liner, applied a set of false lashes, and swept mascara on the top and bottom to define her eyes.

“Her Carolina Herrera dress is bordeaux with a black lace overlay, so I kept it all a little romantic and kind of goth,” explained Buckle. “But the lips are really the standout.” He painted them with YSL Rouge Pur Couture The Mats in 205 to create a matte deep burgundy pout. “And with the blush, I used a brick red just to give a bit more starkness to the makeup, so that it was less beauty and more edgy,” said Buckle. For him, the key to Kelly’s punk makeup was all about integrating the look with her own style, softening the edges and diffusing the color. “It’s just about a nod to punk,” he said. He completed the look by exaggerating Kelly’s brows with a medium ash brown pencil. Because after all, “expressive brows or no brows are a punk must.”

To create Kelly's “British-regal-meets-punk" hair, Atkin "wanted to make sure the hair showed off the gown's shoulders and high neckline, so we decided to go with a braided, textured updo.” She prepped Kelly’s hair with Charlotte Ronson A Perfect Mess Beach Spray to create a rough, piecey texture, then randomly curled sections with a one and a half inch curling iron to form sporadic bends in the hair. She also sprayed Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray all over for added messiness. She then separated Kelly’s hair into four sections, French braided each one from the forehead toward the nape of the neck, and “teased them with a mini Sonia Kashuk brush to get more flyaways,” Atkin said. She pulled the braids back, twisting them around one another, and secured the bun with large hair pins. “Then I just let pieces fall around the hairline for a messy, undone look.”

And according to Atkin, Dana Lorenz of Fenton-Fallon Jewelry “called to say she was going to deconstruct a bunch of necklaces, so she ripped them apart, rushed them over, and we added them to her hair two minutes before Minka was out the door. It’s romantic in the front and then a whole punk party in the back. It’s amazing. I love it.”